About the Designer

Velvet designers Jenny Graham and Toni Spencer have found a fresh approach to design that quenches the thirst of any woman who demands more than just novelty from fashion. The Velvet collection fuses quality with trend-setting basics to create soft and sensuous apparel that flatters the figure without sacrificing feminine fit and beauty. Sold from New York to Tokyo, Velvet's trend-setting basics are modern-day classics.
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The poeny is a pretty color. Dress is the perfect length. I can wear flats and not sweep the floor like most maxi's I buy. I'm 5'5" and purchased a M. I was afraid that it would be too low exposing too much cleavage but I was wrong. No cleavage at all. The fabric is thin and soft. The inner slip is good but a little tight so hopefully it won't rise up when I walk. Overall I'm pleased.

For me this is perfect - great to have the lining and unlike as for the other reviewer for me the higher armholes were actually just right and I thought that was a really nice touch that you couldn't see on the pictures.
I am 5"7, size 8 - 10 and the L was just right in length (not too short and not sweeping the floor). Can be dressed up or down - perfect summer dress (now just waiting for summer to arrive in Northern Europe)

This is a simple, black maxi dress that can be easily dressed up or down. The neckline/cut of the dress is really flattering and contributes to how it can easily be dressed up or down. Even though it's a black dress, I liked the fact that it's lined. I did however have to get the arm holes altered as I found them to be too high for my liking.

This dress is absolutely stunning and the material is really nice and flowing, love the "grecian style" draped look of the dress. I am a European 38 and 165 cm tall. The length was good but overall it is quite big. Although I know it is a loose style it was actually quite big over the shoulders too, where I would have expected it to be slightly more fitted. A small probably would have fitted me better, but as the style is so nice I decided to keep it anyway...it doesnt matter so much that it is a bit loose.

I was hoping for so much more from this dress! I am 5'8, 120, and ordered the small in black. It looks adorable on the model but just sort of hung on me. It was a little shorter than I would have liked too. Had to return. The search for a simple summer maxi dress continues...